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The Digital Age
== Statement of Purpose ==


The concept of The Digital Age project is to make peoples' lives simpler and more enjoyable by simplifying access to quality digital content, anywhere and everywhere.
The purpose of The Digital Age project is to make peoples' lives simpler and more enjoyable by simplifying access to quality digital content, anywhere and everywhere.


Several goals arise:
Several specific requirements arise:


* handle a broad spectrum of digital content
* handle a broad spectrum of digital content
* quantify the ratings of digital content to a meaningful level
* quantify the ratings of digital content to a meaningful level, accounting for different personal taste
* account for different personal taste
* maintain content in a central collection
* maintain the "best" content in easily-accessible personal collections
* allow access to content from everywhere via a wide range of clients
* design optimized clients (based on available bandwidth, ui size, etc.)
* every client must always provide ability to rate content
* allow for introduction of new content with the greatest possible signal-to-noise ratio
* allow for introduction of new content with the greatest possible signal-to-noise ratio
* allow for safe removal of poorly-rated content


The components:
Competition and alternatives include: [http://www.grooveshark.com grooveshark] [http://www.playlist.com playlist.com] [http://last.fm last.fm] [http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/features/ubuntu-one ubuntu-one] [http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=dm_gw_jl_gs?ie=UTF8&node=2658409011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=gateway-center-column&pf_rd_r=1XFYK1P0CWYVB8HF93TT&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1292123082&pf_rd_i=507846 amazon] [http://music.google.com/about/ google] [http://pandora.com pandora] [http://www.subsonic.org subsonic] [http://apple.com/itunes itunes] [http://www.exaile.org/ exaile] [http://orb.com orb] [http://mediamonkey.com mediamonkey] [http://amarok.kde.org/ amarok] [http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/21/reuters-apple-set-to-launch-cloud-based-music-service-ahead-of/ apple] [http://turntable.fm/ turntable] [http://spotify.com spotify]


* a new MythTV plugin called MythDJ
EVERYBODY's doing it, we must be on the right track here.  What sets this project apart?  This project is for those who want to have complete control.  Most of us have been burned by services that disappear or access that is crippled.  If you are ready to fight to regain control, and put in the effort to make it happen, this project may be for you.
* a web interface for MythDJ (via MythWeb)
* a Windows client that uses MythWeb to communicate with the remote MythTV media center


to be continued...
Reclaim your culture.
 
== Components ==
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width=90%
|-
! style="background:#ff5555; color:#002222" | Web server
! style="background:#ff5555; color:#002222" | Media storage
! style="background:#ff5555; color:#002222" | Clients
|-
| Share The DJ extension on top of Ampache media server on top of Apache web server on your cloud box
| Lots of storage in a central location that your cloud box can access
| Hang The DJ clients for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android
|}
 
* [http://thedigitalage.org Overview and component diagram]
* [[The Digital Age: Share The DJ ]] an Apache-based web server that serves up your media and metadata; derived from [http://www.ampache.org ampache]
* [[The Digital Age: Repository]] a central repository of media and corresponding metadata
* clients:
** [[The Digital Age: Hang The DJ desktop]] a cross-platform desktop client player (currently in alpha)
** [[The Digital Age: Hang The DJ mediacenter]] an extension for the xbmc mediacenter (currently in planning)
** [[The Digital Age: Hang The DJ mobile]] mobile client players for android, iPhone, etc. (currently in planning)
 
== More ==
* [[The Digital Age Manifesto]]
* [http://thedigitalage.org/tracker Ticket Tracker] for feature and bug tickets
* [[The Philanthropy Engine]]
* [[The Digital Age Notes]]

Latest revision as of 21:35, 10 October 2011

Statement of Purpose

The purpose of The Digital Age project is to make peoples' lives simpler and more enjoyable by simplifying access to quality digital content, anywhere and everywhere.

Several specific requirements arise:

  • handle a broad spectrum of digital content
  • quantify the ratings of digital content to a meaningful level, accounting for different personal taste
  • maintain content in a central collection
  • allow access to content from everywhere via a wide range of clients
  • design optimized clients (based on available bandwidth, ui size, etc.)
  • every client must always provide ability to rate content
  • allow for introduction of new content with the greatest possible signal-to-noise ratio
  • allow for safe removal of poorly-rated content

Competition and alternatives include: grooveshark playlist.com last.fm ubuntu-one amazon google pandora subsonic itunes exaile orb mediamonkey amarok apple turntable spotify

EVERYBODY's doing it, we must be on the right track here. What sets this project apart? This project is for those who want to have complete control. Most of us have been burned by services that disappear or access that is crippled. If you are ready to fight to regain control, and put in the effort to make it happen, this project may be for you.

Reclaim your culture.

Components

Web server Media storage Clients
Share The DJ extension on top of Ampache media server on top of Apache web server on your cloud box Lots of storage in a central location that your cloud box can access Hang The DJ clients for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android

More

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